here's some thoughts. first nickelback does blow. just because they sell records doesn't mean anything. britney spears sold 31 mil in the u.s. and 83 mil worldwide... does that make her a super talented musician?????
secondly, as a real musician, i love playing rock band... sure i could go to my basement and play my drums:
but i enjoy being a rocker on the ps3 sometimes too... so they are not mutually exclusive activities... as mentioned above, these games can actually spawn people to get into the real instruments. maybe if we had better bands to inspire us (as opposed to garbage like nickelback) more people might be playing already. instead it takes a game with mostly older music to get people excited about playing.
thirdly, it is a totally lame analogy. just because i play nhl09 online with the cp fatas doesn't mean i should try to go pro. photon provides other excellent, yet less realistic, comparisons of the awful logic used.
bottom line: kroeger is an idiot who puts out crappy music. i trust his opinion about as much as russic's...